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T.27 Electric City Car Receives £4.5m Funding From UK Government
The T.27 electric car, invention of McLaren F1 designer Gordon Murray, is to receive £4.5m funding from the UK government’s Technology Strategy Board
Peugeot’s BB1 Electric Micro Car – the future of electrical urban mobility
Peugeot’s BB1 is a cross between a scooter and a car, is powered by two electric motors, mounted in the rear wheels and represents Peugeot’s view for the future of electrical urban mobility. Peugeot says the BB1 is a logical addition to a vehicle line-up that incorporates bicycles and scooters, as well as cars.
Top five concept cars from major manufacturers
Today we take a look at the concepts that the big players plan on being the cars of the future. It’s interesting to note the move away from the pure flashy sports coupes and hyper-sports cars of previous years towards the more environmentally friendly and sustainable power options such as rechargeable electric cars (including solar), bio-diesel, ethanol fuel and cars with energy efficient features as standard.
Mitsubishi banks on electric cars for its future
Mitsubishi has jumped squarely into the market and now leads the way with its i-MiEV (“innovative Mitsubishi electric vehicle”) electric car, the world’s first production line electric vehicle from a major car maker.
Mitsubishi Colt ClearTec – ultra-efficient innovation
Mitsubishi UK have released an ultra-efficient version of Colt model called the Colt ClearTec which uses a number of mechanical refinements to lower fuel consumption including a stop-start system and rolling resistance tyres.
Citreon, Renault and Kia jump the gun on UK scrappage announcements
Ahead of Wednesday’s budget announcement, car manufacturers in the UK are making or considering launching their own discount or incentive schemes. The plans to offer consumers up to £2,000 towards the purchase of new vehicles or £5,000 on electric cars are an initiative to keep car industry workers in jobs by boosting sales in the [...]
Tax costs of electric cars in the UK
UK Government transport minister Geoff Hoon outlined a plan to introduce incentives of up to £5,000 for drivers to buy electric and hybrid cars from 2011. However electric cars will no longer contribute to the £22bn fuel duty and £5bn road tax contributes towards the UK economy.
Mitsubishi Test All Electric Car
Mitsubishi Motors are to test their completely electric car in Oregan in a partnership with the Portland General Electric (PGE) power company. Known as the “i MiEV”, the all electric vehicle (“EV”’s) produces no emissions and is part of Mitsubishi’s plan to allow consumers to move seamlessly to electrically powered transportation. Even taking into account [...]
